Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.
John Flood (0-1 across 1 tracked bouts) and John L. Sullivan (42-1-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.
John Flood vs John L. Sullivan — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
John L. Sullivan leads 1–0- John L. Sullivan wonSullivan vs FloodMay 16, 1881 · KO
The Numbers
- 0-1
- Record
- 42-1-3 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 94.6% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 32 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 76.19%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 84%
- 1 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 2
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- —
- Bouts per year
- 0.5
- 1
- Bouts tracked
- 51
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 5′10″ (179 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 74″ (188 cm)
- —
- Age
- 167
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- Stance
- Orthodox
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- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJohn Flood · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
John L. Sullivan · 43 wins
KO/TKO
36
Decision
5
Other
2
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (1 and 51 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.
Current Form
John Flood
L
L1 streak · last fought May 16, 1881
John L. Sullivan
LLWDL
L2 streak · last fought Jun 8, 1974
Common Questions
- Have John Flood and John L. Sullivan ever fought each other?
- Yes. John Flood and John L. Sullivan met once on May 16, 1881, and John L. Sullivan won by KO.
- Who has the better record, John Flood or John L. Sullivan?
- John Flood is 0-1 across the 1 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and John L. Sullivan is 42-1-3. John L. Sullivan has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, John Flood or John L. Sullivan?
- John Flood has 0 knockout wins and John L. Sullivan has 32. John L. Sullivan has more.
- Do John Flood and John L. Sullivan have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both John Flood and John L. Sullivan have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on John Flood and John L. Sullivan?
- This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for John Flood and 51 bouts tracked for John L. Sullivan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.